The girls from Kranti performing ‘Lal Batti Express’ in Mumbai. The play depicts the trials and tribulations faced by sex workers, their children, and others in red-light areas.
From the warrens of Kamathipura, one of Asia’s largest red-light districts, 13 girls have not only got an opportunity to break away from the shackles of the trade but also test their talents.
The nearly hour-long play depicts the trials and tribulations faced by sex workers, their children and others in the red-light area.
The play is written, produced and performed by “Kranti girls,” as they call themselves. Through the intervention of Kranti, which just turned four, some girls from Kamathipura have managed to dream of a better life with a changed view of life.
While the play will serve to raise funds for Kranti’s cause, Robin Chaurasiya, its U.S.-born co-founder, says the larger goal is to sensitise popular perception to the lives of sex workers.
The girls, in the 14-19 age group, rescused from red-light area, will perform the play in New York, Washington, Las Vegas, Chicago and San Francisco.